UFC lightweight Dustin Poirier has to heal his leg after a “Fight of the Night” slugfest with Jim Miller at UFC 208.

When he’s ready to return, though, he knows who he wants to fight.

“I want Nate Diaz, how about that?” Poirier (21-5 MMA, 13-4 UFC) today asked MMAjunkie Radio. “Is he going to sit around and wait around for Conor (McGregor) and waste the prime of his life, the prime of his career, or is he going to throw some hands? That’s what I want to know,”

Diaz (19-11 MMA, 14-9 UFC) might be holding out for a fight with two-time opponent and lightweight champ McGregor, or he might be looking to box. But if those don’t materialize (and the latter likely won’t, if Diaz wants to avoid court), Poirier would like to offer his services – no disrespect intended.

“I know sometimes in the past I’ve gotten heated with these guys, but that’s just in the moment,” Poirier said. “I respect anybody who makes that walk to the octagon and fights for a living and puts it on the line.”

After a hard-fought decision over Miller (28-9 MMA, 17-8 UFC) at the pay-per-view card in Brooklyn, N.Y., Poirier announced in the cage that he needed to take a vacation and then promptly lied down in the octagon. It was no great surprise considering the leg kicks that nearly hobbled him in the middle of the fight. Poirier’s shin was badly swollen on camera, and things didn’t get any better afterward.

While he self-reports a constant six on a pain scale of 10, and the UFC wants him to check on his leg to make sure nothing is severely damaged, he said his call for time off was made in the heat of the moment. He won’t be out of action long.

“I’m not going to rush into a fight here in a month, but I’m going to take the normal time,” Poirier said. “I’ll probably be out three months or so, working and getting better.”

And Poirier will want every moment possible to prepare for Diaz, who’s nixed a return to the octagon if he can’t get a fight with McGregor. There are other challenges on the horizon, as well, that will need his full attention.

“I want (Diaz), and I want Michael Chiesa,” he said. “I want anybody in the damn top-10 who will take the fight. Before I fought Jim, I was trying to get these guys.”

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